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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-135 · Round Pond, ME · May 25, 1981

Date
May 25, 1981 · 15:30 local
Place
Round Pond, ME
Airport
Allagash River
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1367C
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC81DNC12
Reported as
Piper PA18135
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
800 total200 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot took off into heavy rain squall and aircraft crashed when pilot attempted turn away from weather.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TOOK OFF INTO HEAVY RAIN SQUALL AND AIRCRAFT CRASHED WHEN PILOT ATTEMPTED TURN AWAY FROM WEATHER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.